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    Devon Great Consols was a copper mine near Tavistock in Devon. The lease on the site was taken from the Duke of Bedford in 1844 by a group of investors...
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    the family relied upon continued income from the copper mines at Devon Great Consols, and sold Woodford Hall to move into the smaller Water House. In...
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    Consolidated Mines, also known as Great Consolidated mine, but most commonly called Consols or Great Consols was a metalliferous mine about a mile ESE...
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    change places. To facilitate this some installations (such as at the Devon Great Consols mine, Tavistock) had a fixed platform at both sides of the shaft...
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    the eighteenth century Devon Great Consols mine (near Tavistock) was believed to be the largest copper mine in the world. Devon's tin miners enjoyed a substantial...
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    Tavistock (redirect from Tavistock, devon)
    October, November and December. In the mid-19th century, with nearby Devon Great Consols mine at Blanchdown one of the biggest copper mining operations in...
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    of the Levant complex. South Crofty Wheal Jane Consolidated Mines Devon Great Consols Botallack Mine "Levant Mine and Beam Engine". National Trust. Retrieved...
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    forming the border with Devon. There, the exporting port of Morwellham is being developed alongside the Devon Great Consols Mine to demonstrate the nature...
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    Tamar Valley National Landscape (category Protected areas of Devon)
    a 50-year mining boom and the creation of Europe's biggest mine, Devon Great Consols. The copper ran low during the 1890s leading to mass unemployment...
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    Morwellham Quay (category Industrial archaeological sites in Devon)
    by a water wheel. Morwellham Quay was at its peak during the time Devon Great Consols was in production. The mine was only four miles north of the port...
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